Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski complements the space mission. Today he will perform the last mission task
The Polish Space Agency (Polsa) has announced that an important chapter in the history of Polish presence in space ends. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, the first astronaut from Poland participating in the Ignis international mission, achieved almost all the goals of his trip. Together with the rest of the crew, they finished 99.2 percent. planned tasks.
The last of them will be made on Sunday. Donating a ship from an international space station is scheduled for Monday.
Ignis is one of the most advanced scientific and technological missions of recent years. Its purpose was to conduct experiments in the conditions of microgravity and test new technologies, which in the future may be used during manned flights to the Moon and Mars. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, representing the Polish Space Agency and the European Space Agency (ESA), had a number of specialized tasks to perform, the implementation of which was key from the point of view of science and technology.
Polsa said that the Polish astronaut “together with the crew has already achieved almost all basic mission goals – that’s exactly 99.2 percent” .. This means that the mission will end as planned, and its effects will be analyzed after the return of astronauts to Earth.
Sunday under the sign of the last duties and farewells
Sunday will be for the crew a day of symbolic completion of work in orbit. Astronauts will undertake the last of the planned operational tasks and later take part in the farewell ceremony. Such an event, although informal, is of great emotional and integration significance for mission members who for many weeks functioned in conditions of insulation and a huge psychophysical burden.
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski as one of the crew members representing Europe and Poland played an important role in the mission-not only performing experiments, but also documenting the course of the mission, involved in communication with the earth and conducting educational relationships addressed to young people and the scientific community.
Return to Earth: Donating on Monday
After completing the mission and farewell to the crew of the International Space Station, the return capsule will be put on on Monday. Polsa announced that they were planned “not earlier than at 13.05 Polish time”. This means that the procedure for lowering the space station will start at the earliest early afternoon. The return of astronauts to Earth will be broadcast by the services cooperating with NASA and ESA.
The devotion stage is one of the most technically demanding moments of the whole mission. Responsibility for the course of this operation lies not only with automatic navigation systems, but also on the crew’s full readiness to manual intervention in the event of interference.
